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>> breaking news, six people killed in mississippi after a series of shootings. >> it is such a tragedy come and we never would have thought anything like that would happen here. >> answer the question. >> anger and anguish as parents and students accused a new jersey school of ignoring bullies. >> this place is toxic. ♪ ♪ >> i was headed to the back, i saw. >> the sirens were going off, and they are lucky that no one was seriously hurt. >> and stories of survival, the miracles 11 days after the earthquake hit turkey and syria. first responders still digging and pulling victims out from beneath the rubble alive. ♪ ♪ >> good evening: thank you for joining us. norah is off, i am

margaret brennan. tonight, we have a cbs news investigation into a fight for thousands of veterans to restore their benefis after being less than honorably discharged from the military. plus, it's friday, so we go on the road. tonight, to meet a high school football star making a difference in his community. but first, a counterterrorism rate in northeast syria left four u.s. service members injured. three of the four had wounds serious enough they needed to be evacuated to a military hospital in germany. the u.s. military operation took out senior isis leader hamza al-homsi, who supplied operatives. cbs's david martin is at the pentagon with more. >> reporter: a leader of the isis terrorist network in syria is dead. but at the price of four wounded americans. >> an explosion during the raid, also resulted in four u.s. troops and one of the working

dogs suffering injuries. >> reporter: u.s. special operations forces went in by helicopter and surrounded a nondescript house in northeastern syria. but as they closed in on their target, an explosion, either a suicide vest or a hand grenade, went off. >> the troops and the working dogs are in stable ction.>>ter:s ad bakal-bagi me he b u himse and three children to avoid capture. last year, ibrahim al-hashimi al-qurayshi, another leader of isis, set off a booby trap that leveled the third floor of his house, killing himself, his wife, and two children. this time, the target was hamza al-homsi, and this time, he apparently waited for the americans to get close enough. >> he was overseeing the groups deadliest terror network in eastern syria before he was killed in the raid. >> reporter: there are about 900 american troops in syria, working with local syrian forces

to keep the isis terrorist network from staging a comeback. it's a deadly game of hide and seek, but no american troops were killed or wounded in all of last year. there were actually two commando raid last night, and the second one, the leader of an isis assassination cell was killed without any u.s. casualties. margaret? >> margaret: david martin at the pentagon. now to the beating death of tyre nichols. the five former memphis police officers charged with murdering the 29-year-old appeared in court for the first time today. all five pled not guilty. just three weeks after the release of body cam footag of the violent arrest shocked this nation. cbs's elise preston was inside the courthouse. >> not guilty. >> reporter: one by one and wearing masks, the five former memphis police officers all pleaded not guilty through their attorneys. to second-degree murder and other charges in the brutal beaf

tyre nichols. >> they didn't even have the courage to look at me in my face. >> reporter: nichols' mother rowvaughn wells was inside the courtroom. >> i feel very numb right now. i am waiting for somebody to wake me up. but i also know that is not going to happen. >> reporter: nichols died january 10th, 3 days after s reptedly ed and punched by the scpion street crime unit. defense attorneys still unreleased video will show why their clients pleaded not guilt. >> we have a very long road of investigation and litigation ahead of us, and i implore the public to be patient. >> reporter: shelby county district attorney steve mulroy says there are an additional 20 hours of video that show other angles of what happened. >> this is an important case, and, you know, if we are going to hold police officers who violate the law accountable, then we need to make sure that we get the prosecution correct,.

>> reporter: nichols' death sparked protest nationwide and renewed calls for stricter police reforms. >> i don't think we can just unilaterally say we are going to do away with all types of specialized units, but when we talk about promotion, when we talk about consequences for turning off the body cam's, those are some of the type of solutions we are going to have to come up with to address this moving forward. >> reporter: now the five fired officers are due back in court in may. meanwhile, dozens of community leaders are calling for the department of justice to launch a federal investigation to see if there is a routine excessive use of force in the memphis police department. margaret? >> margaret: thank you. turning now to a series of deadly shootings in mississippi. six people were killed and one person injured in a small rural town near the tennessee border. the suspect is in custody, facing first-degree murder charges, and the sheriff says more charges are expected. cbs's omar villafranca has the

new details. >> reporter: police said the shotings began aroun dead outside a store, and then a woman, was gunned down in her home. according to sheriff's deputies, the suspect, identified as 52-year-old richard dale crum, fled, but they soon spotted him in a car. after a brief chase, police say crum was taken into custody. by the time it was all over, police said four more people were found dead, two inside a home, and two more outside near the suspect's house. >> i look t window, and i see... >> reporter: ethan cash said he came outside, saw the attacker carrying a long gun, and found one of the victims inside a truck. >> i go up to the truck where a guy got shot at, and i am just -- i check his pulse and everything, make sure he is okay, he is already gone at this point. >> reporter: tonight, the rampage has shaken this town of

nearly 300 people. >> it is such a tragedy. we never would have thought anything like that would happen here. >> reporter: the local elementary school was on lockdown during the incident. mississippi's governor says the gunmen acted alone, but his motive remains a mystery. margaret? >> margaret: omar, thank you. to make a 28-year-old man is facing federal hate crime charges in connection with the shootings of two jewish men near synagogues in los angeles earlier this week. the victims were shot after leaving religious services, both survived. investigators say the suspect had a history of anti-semitic threats and had searched for kosher markets to target. police recovered in a case style rifle and handgun. in ocean county new jersey, students and parents clashed with school officials last night at the first board meeting following the recent suicide of a bullied 14-year-old girl. current and former students

accused administrators of ignoring decades of bullying and abuse within that school. here is cbs's lilia luciano. >>ted school board meeting, student after student after concerned parent detailed incidents of bullying and violence. they say the new jersey central regional school district ignore. >> i am going home scared, and i am going home feeling threatened by so many people here. >> i have no faith right now. >> reporter: school superintendent triantafillos parlapanides resigned under pressure last weekend, and the family of 14-year-old adriana kuch is preparing to sue the district, claiming the school's failure to address a violent attack on her led to her suicide. a video of the beating was widely shared on social media. she died two days later. >> she was so -- she helped

everyone. if someone needed it, t she help them. >> reporter: breanna o'brien was friends with kuch and said the bullying at central regional high school pushed her to self harm. >> watching my daughter take off her clothes and scene cuts all over her body, it was like having my heart ripped out of my chest. >> reporter: briand is parents say they complained multiple times to administrators but got no help. she eventually had to switch schools. >> i went to the principal's office and i said, this is the kid that told me to kill myself. basically. and they said you can grow up. i have scars still to this day. >> reporter: and when you went back to the school, after being treated and asked to be seated, separate from the student that told you to grow up? >> yes. >> reporter: the acting superintendent announced a preliminary plan to combat bullying. in the case of adriana kuch, four students are facing juvenile charges. lilia luciano, cbs news,

bayville, new jersey. >> margaret: residents across the south are picking up the pieces after severe storms swept through the region. six tornadoes touched down in mississippi, arkansas, and this one in tennessee. in a small town of etheridge, causing significant damage. roofs were ripped off homes and businesses, barns were destroyed, and trees tossed around. overseas now to earthquake-ravaged turkey and syria. the death toll is climbing towards a staggering 44,000 people. tonight, 11 days after the quake, cbs's imtiaz tyab has remarkable stories of survival. >> reporter: exhausted, but alive. rescues likecross turkey are nothing short of miraculous. including that of mustafa bob gee, 261 hours after the quake. on the phone, he asks, my parents, have they been rescued? they are waiting for you, a relative says. earthquake response team say

typically there is a 72 hour sohe rubble, but hundreds across turkey have defied the odds. somehow surviving for more than a week without food or water. but in rubble-held in northern syria, rescues are almost nonexistent because there is next to no aid or adequate equipment. in the ruins of what was his home, we met -- a rare exceptio. he and his kids were pulled out from their collapsed apartment block 22 hours after the quake. but 20 members of his extended family were killed in the disaster and he now has nothing left. you have lost so much. what will you do now? "i have no hope," he says. "it would have been better if i just stayed under the rubble." imtiaz tyab, cbs news, in rubble-held northern syria. >> margaret: horrific loss. it has been more than ten years

since the law known as "don't ask, don't tell" was repealed, allowing for,, and bisexual service members to serve openly, but as a cbs news investigationf the veterans who were forced out of the military, both before and after the policy, are still trying to regain their lost honor and claim benefits. here is cbs's jim axelrod. >> reporter: donnie ray allen waited a quarter-century to put up this picture. since the day he was less than honorably discharged from the marine corps. >> but i'm actually finally ready to hang that little 17-year-old, hang him up on the wall, and actually give him credit for exactly what he did and what he went through. >> reporter: he wasn't going to, until he could say these words. >> so, right now, i am in honorably discharged united states marine corporal. >> reporter: two weeks ago, as we prepared to air our cbs news investigation, his discharge upgrade finally came through.

he can now access benefits like va loans, tuition assistance, even some federal jobs. >> it's an absolute, 100% game changer. things that i never thought i could do or get or have or attain now are attainable. >> reporter: he would like his friend, amy long, to feel the same way. she has been fighting for her discharge upgrade after don't ask don't tell drummed her out of the navy 29 years ago. did it change your sense of self? >> yes. i'm less than. >> reporter: less then? >> i am less than honorable. >> reporter: some 14,000 gay and lesbian service members were discharge under don't ask don't tell. the most recent data shows roughly 1200 have ever had this injustice addressed. after cbs news broke the story, the white house vowed to look into it. >> it is very concerning that veterans who were unfairly discharged under the don't ask don't tell has been facing these

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veranda and craig coleman. >> he live for today and only today. nothing mattered. >> reporter: a mean and selfish jerk by his own admission, who refused to do anything kind for anybody. >> because nobody had really helped me up to that point, you know? >> reporter: so why should you help them? >> yeah. >> reporter: so, when the nebraska school activities association ruled high school athletes could now profit off their name and likeness, it came no surprise that malachi was first in line. the shocker was how he planned to spend it. >> never could have predicted. >> no, it was his idea. >> reporter: they say malachi walked into this local restaurant and offered to promote a burrito come on condition a portion of the profits go to one cause. >> put it towards advocating for the foster care system. >> reporter: nick maestas is the owner. >> how would you not want to be on board with that? >> this kids remarkable

transformation actually began a few years earlier. after an hour long argument in which miranda insisted he do something selfless. >> i threw out at least a hundred ideas of things he could do, and exasperated i finally said what about holding a door, can you hold one door for one person? and he finally was like, i can hold a door. >> reporter: the next day at school, he held a door. than another. and another pair up at church, congtion, til now he nd. so you are saying all of this charity stemmed from you holding a door for someone? >> yes, once i realized how good it made me feel to help other people, this is something i knew i want to continue in my life. >> reporter: hopefully many more of the most important doors. the ones leading to a forever family. steve hartman, "on the road," in lincoln, nebraska.

>> margaret: and that is tonight's "cbs evening news." on sunday's "face the nation," we will have senator bernie sanders and secretary state >> judge judy: ms. woody has a large place where she sells antiques. >> announcer: regret after leaving his items on consignment... >> judge judy: an antique gun that you had was stolen. >> the two fellows took the glass out, took the rifle out of the cabinet and walked out the store. >> announcer: ...but is blaming the shop owner a long shot? >> bettie gave me a call to tell me that the gun was stolen. >> judge judy: she didn't facilitate their theft. >> well, she was to manage my property. >> announcer: "judge judy." you are about to enter the courtroom you are about to enter the courtroom of judge judith sheindlin. captions paid for by cbs television distribution martin ratowski is suing his former friend, bettie woody, for the theft of an antique gun >> byrd: order! all rise!

in theter atowskvs. woody. u may be seated. sir, have a seat. >> judge judy: mr. ratowski, this is your case. it's a relatively simple one, and it really is a question of law, not fact. ms. woody has a large place where she sells antiques. one of the ways she sells antiques is, she rents space in this larger area to people like you who have a few antiques that they want to sell. i've been to stores like that myself. is that your kind of store? you don't rent space? >> no. this was an exception. >> judge judy: so generally all the antiques in the shop belong to you? >> yes. >> judge judy: have you ever rented space before to anyone? >> no. >> judge judy: now you say you made an exception in the plaintiff's case because... >> because he was a customer of ours, many years. he bought things from us. we'd put them on layaway, and he was a good customer. >> judge judy: and your antique shop has two levels?

>> yes. it does. >> judge judy: and you rented him, like, a booth?